Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-26
"sIx hundred dCuarsr' rasDrd vooI

''six hundred dcuarsF' easucd Uoor
Stuart his face growing whittier stiIl. ooh,
Mr.. Pieffern
~ can show you the receipt for tho
money, II You want 10 see IL. have it
here, y tapping his breast pocket. "Ccstly
fun you had, ehY'
Stuart tried TO speak, but his tongue
Glove to the roof of his mouth.
"You have any money, ! suppose'" said
Mr. Pieffer.
No, sir, not dollar
"You must work IT out, then. Are you
willing to do thatY'
sob, yes, sir" cried Stuart, the color
coming back TO his face. "I'd be glad TO
do anything to pay you"
''Very well; report to me tomorrow
morning at my factory I'll see what /
can do for your
Mr.. Pieffer turned away, and without
another word went into the house and
closed the door.
With a feeling of profound relief Stuart
went home and told his mother all about
that piece Of costly fun, its tragic ending
and the bargain he had made.
'fMr, pielfer ii n man TO get the worth
Of the horse out of you before he lets you
60, was Mrs. Wizards first comment
'but you did only what was right in going
straight to him with the whole story my
son. 1t must have required a great deal
of courage, and am proud Of you
Stuart was deeply touched by his
mothers praise, and the consciousness
that he deserved 1t made him almost happy
again, In spite Of the load on his heart
II WINS a Load fbof ,rrotxr Iacu with a.,n,.,,
day, for he soon became very useful in the
factory, and as he wrote good hand and
was quick at figures, he was put into the
office and taught how to keep books and
invoice goods In this way he learned
every detail of the business.
1t was very hard at first, Of course, for
Stuart's great fault stood in the way of his
progress But no one could be very lazy
where Mr.. Pieffer was, he was such an en-
ergetic, Industrious man himself, and he
seemed to take peculiar pleasure in push
ing Stuart along.
Stuart ascribed this at first to malice
and u desire for revenge. But he thought
different when he knew Mr.. Pieffer better.
He found out that kind heart beat under
that rough exterior and that the old gen.
tleman appreciated at their full value the
virtues of truth, sincerity and manliness,
1t was two years before the subject Of
the debt Stuart owed his employer woo
mentioned between them. Then one da j
Mr.. Pieffer called the young man into us
private Office.
"I've been expecting for some time chat
you would speak to me about that 5000
you owe me, Willard" said he, ''but you
have not mentioned it.
81 felt sure you would tell me when ]
had worked it out, sir, " replied Willard.
''If l say consider the debt paid now
you viii be wanting to leave me, / sup
pose" said Mr.. Pieffer.
mot If you want me to stay, sir.
shall not go to school again. / am Is
years old and it is time began to help my
mother. I'll stay here if you want me tc
do so, sir"
Mr. Pieffer gave short laugh.
'"Thats modest, Willard, when you
know as well as / do that couldn't get
along without you now. The day you
came to me like the brave, honest boy you
are, and confessed that you had killed my
horse, made up my mind that you were
the boy needed here. 1t was worth moro
than 5000 to me TO find some one on who's,
truth and honesty could rely implicitly
If you win stay with me, Willard, II
allow you a good salary from this day for
ward and there'll be an excellent chanc,
Of promotion to something good dea
better
OF course Willard stayed, and the ''some
thing good deal better" proved to be (
| junior partnership at the end of eigh
| years service.
So you see Stuart had reason to b,
thankful that the principles of honesty ant
truth instilled into him by his widowed
mother led him to make the confession
which resulted in curing him forever o
his great fault, and placing him in
| position of honor and trust.